Two typos…
Friday, November 2nd, 2007*
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Images: (Vikings) elore.com; (Truck) ai.volpe.dot.gov; (Knight) dkimages.com
Archive for the 'Oddity' Category
She must be great at bonfire pep rallies.
Sunday, August 26th, 2007*
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Image: (Camilla Parker-Bowles-Windor) original AP photo via Huffington Post (Bud) beercannews.com;(beer helmet parts) funshop.com
It doesn’t look that long, but the the balls and putters are tiny.
Friday, August 24th, 2007*
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Image: miniaturegolfer.com
Part II: I’ll Bet You Didn’t Know That…
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007The largest single life form on earth is not the Blue Whale, the 2,300 acre Oregon fungus or the General Sherman Sequoia. The world’s largest single life form lives in relative anonymity in Macedonia, Ohio.
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Images: (Duck #1) Fotographie Gerard de Haan (Duck #2) via vancouverislandbirds.com; (Duck #3) Photo Frank Huber via kwic.com;(hangar) ci.akron.oh.us; (Chicago) […]
This post represents the first installment of: “I’LL BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW THAT…”
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007*
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What happens to the dumpster?
The City of Chicago leases it as a storage unit for under-utilized oil platforms.
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Images: (blue skyline) aacn.org via chicagoweekendfun.com; (foggy skyline) mousetrax.com;(tall ship front of dumpster) smallshipcruises.com;(tall ship left) events.skyteam.com; (dumpster) uwsp.edu; (truck) lakewoodcity.org;
I apologize for the nearly 3-day hiatus…
Friday, July 20th, 2007but I was filming a Buddy Trip movie without the camera, film or buddy.
More Grim Moments in Marketing…
Monday, July 2nd, 2007This cheese carving is monumental–The Associated Press
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Why in heaven’s name did they want the tribute in life-size?
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The Post-Crescent, Michael P. King
Completing a commission from Cheez-It brand crackers, Troy Landwehr puts the finishing touches on a sculpture of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, carved from a block of cheddar cheese weighing more than 6500 tons, […]
North By Any Other Name…
Monday, February 5th, 2007Periodically, you will see my references to North Dakota as “Not South Dakota” or East Hawaii. Here is the reason.
New Name ‘Dakota’ Gets a Cold Shoulder
AP
Published: March 26, 1989
LEAD: The Legislature has refused to call a referendum on dropping ‘’North’’ and renaming this state Dakota, deciding North Dakota will be just as cold by any […]
Do they have a players’ association?
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007Ordinarily, I bypass these ridiculous stories in order to discuss pressing topics like nuclear-powered toothbrushes and polar bears’ addiction to gummethamphetamines, but a term in the following article confused me.
The winner of the chicken wing-eating contest is a “professional competitive eater.” By whose authority and under which umbrella organization does this designation sprout? Is there […]
The real story is so much more interesting.
Friday, February 2nd, 2007“Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring
Fri Feb 2, 7:34 AM ET
A new pair of hands pulled him from his stump this year, so it was only fitting that Punxsutawney Phil offered a new prediction.
The groundhog did not see his shadow Friday which, according to German folklore, means folks can expect an early spring instead of six […]